Friday, July 18, 2014

Mato (known for his dub work) has done a dub cover album of Daft Punk's first album.

From the record label...

"Thomas Blanchot, 40 years old percussionist and drummer,
started his production structure Mato Production in 2001, with which he
collaborated and directed for many projects.

Composer, music publisher and producer of music for TV,
advertising, films and records, he also began a career as reggae producer since
2006, under the name "MATO". Since then he’s released music through
various projects concepts, coming out through labels such as Makasound, EDR
Records or Big Singles. In the meantime he developed a real trademark: taking
over classics French, Hip-Hop, or Pop song, into roots Reggae-Dub new versions.

Besides since 2010, Mato’s built a solid reputation thanks
to his many remixes of Hip-Hop classics on Stix Records. It is therefore
natural to find him back with a new attractive concept on the Favorite
Recordings’ sub-label: seasoning the notorious "Homework" by Daft
Punk, with his special Reggae-Dub sauce.

Once again Mato achieves a brilliant rendition with this
“Homework Dub”, making almost dreadlocks grow on the French robots’ heads!
Using kick-effects, delays and roaring bass, he reinvents one of the most
famous albums of electronic music, as if it was straight-out from Scientist,
King Tubby or Mad Professor’ studios in Jamaica."

To celebrate the release of 'Lovers' Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)', Damian Lazarus and the Ancient Moons have unveiled the video, shot in New York and directed by Chris Rubino. One of the year's more unique and distinctive electronic music releases, the track features Pakistan's leading Qawwali singers Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad and Hamza Akram, who appear together on film for the first time ever in the video..